Robert K. Heaton

19.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Robert K. Heaton is a scholar working on Virology, Infectious Diseases and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert K. Heaton has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Virology, 86 papers in Infectious Diseases and 52 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert K. Heaton's work include HIV Research and Treatment (122 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (76 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (52 papers). Robert K. Heaton is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (122 papers), HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (76 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (52 papers). Robert K. Heaton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert K. Heaton's co-authors include Igor Grant, Ronald J. Ellis, Thomas D. Marcotte, J. Allen McCutchan, Scott Letendre, David J. Moore, Steven Paul Woods, Mariana Cherner, Raúl González and Catherine L. Carey and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Psychiatry and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Robert K. Heaton

150 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The impact of HIV-associated neuropsychological impairment on everyday functioning

2004 606 citations Robert K. Heaton, Thomas D. Marcotte et al. profile →
The HNRC 500-Neuropsychology of Hiv infection at different disease stages

1995 543 citations Robert K. Heaton, Igor Grant et al. profile →

Peers

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David J. Moore United States

Thomas D. Marcotte United States

Ned Sacktor United States

Eric N. Miller United States

Scott Letendre United States

Steven Paul Woods United States

Victor Valcour United States

Charles H. Hinkin United States

Mariana Cherner United States

J. Hampton Atkinson United States

David J. Moore United States

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897 ×0.7

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1.5k ×1.4

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert K. Heaton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert K. Heaton

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Ellis, Ronald J., Florin Vaida, Kesong Hu, et al.. (2025). Effects of Tesamorelin on Neurocognitive Impairment in Persons With HIV and Abdominal Obesity. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(5). 1230–1238.

Trunfio, Mattia, Bin Tang, Jennifer E. Iudicello, et al.. (2023). Distinct Effects of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors on Soluble Biomarkers in Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid of People With HIV. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 229(5). 1266–1276. 2 indexed citations

McIntosh, Roger, Uraina S. Clark, Mariana Cherner, et al.. (2023). The Evolution of Assessing Central Nervous System Complications in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Where Do We Go From Here?. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227(Supplement_1). S30–S37. 3 indexed citations

Deme, Pragney, et al.. (2022). Association of Plasma Eicosanoid Levels With Immune, Viral, and Cognitive Outcomes in People With HIV. Neurology. 99(12). e1251–e1264. 2 indexed citations

Ellis, Ronald J., Robert K. Heaton, Bin Tang, et al.. (2022). Peripheral inflammation and depressed mood independently predict neurocognitive worsening over 12 years. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 21. 100437–100437. 4 indexed citations

Heaton, Robert K., Ronald J. Ellis, Bin Tang, et al.. (2022). Twelve-year neurocognitive decline in HIV is associated with comorbidities, not age: a CHARTER study. Brain. 146(3). 1121–1131. 26 indexed citations

Ellis, Ronald J., Emily W. Paolillo, Rowan Saloner, & Robert K. Heaton. (2021). Higher Comorbidity Burden Predicts Worsening Neurocognitive Trajectories in People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 74(8). 1323–1328. 12 indexed citations

Ellis, Ronald J., Ned Sacktor, David B. Clifford, et al.. (2021). Neuropathic pain correlates with worsening cognition in people with human immunodeficiency virus. Brain. 145(6). 2206–2213. 7 indexed citations

Ellis, Ronald J., Robert K. Heaton, Sara Gianella, Gibraan Rahman, & Rob Knight. (2021). Reduced Gut Microbiome Diversity in People With HIV Who Have Distal Neuropathic Pain. Journal of Pain. 23(2). 318–325. 13 indexed citations

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Kaur, Harpreet, William S. Bush, Scott Letendre, et al.. (2021). Higher CSF Ferritin Heavy-Chain (Fth1) and Transferrin Predict Better Neurocognitive Performance in People with HIV. Molecular Neurobiology. 58(10). 4842–4855. 3 indexed citations

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Paredes, Alejandra Morlett, Mariana Cherner, Anya Umlauf, et al.. (2020). Demographically adjusted normative data for the Halstead category test in a Spanish-speaking adult population: Results from the Neuropsychological Norms for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS). The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 35(2). 356–373. 20 indexed citations

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Suárez, Paola, María J. Marquine, Mirella Díaz‐Santos, et al.. (2020). Native Spanish-speaker’s test performance and the effects of Spanish-English bilingualism: results from the neuropsychological norms for the U.S.-Mexico Border Region in Spanish (NP-NUMBRS) project. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 35(2). 453–465. 21 indexed citations

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Denckla, Christy A., Georgina Spies, Robert K. Heaton, et al.. (2019). Generalizability of demographically corrected Zambian neuropsychological norms to South African women. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 33(sup1). 40–57. 5 indexed citations

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Edén, Arvid, Thomas D. Marcotte, Robert K. Heaton, et al.. (2016). Increased Intrathecal Immune Activation in Virally Suppressed HIV-1 Infected Patients with Neurocognitive Impairment. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157160–e0157160. 84 indexed citations

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Gupta, Saurabh, Jennifer E. Iudicello, Chuan Shi, et al.. (2014). Absence of neurocognitive impairment in a large Chinese sample of HCV-infected injection drug users receiving methadone treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 137. 29–35. 14 indexed citations

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Gongvatana, Assawin, Jaroslaw Harezlak, Steven D. Buchthal, et al.. (2013). Progressive cerebral injury in the setting of chronic HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy. Journal of NeuroVirology. 19(3). 209–218. 63 indexed citations

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Scott, J. Cobb, Steven Paul Woods, Ofilio Vigil, et al.. (2011). A neuropsychological investigation of multitasking in HIV infection: Implications for everyday functioning.. Neuropsychology. 25(4). 511–519. 58 indexed citations

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Cysique, Lucette A., Florin Vaida, Scott Letendre, et al.. (2009). Dynamics of cognitive change in impaired HIV-positive patients initiating antiretroviral therapy. Neurology. 73(5). 342–348. 202 indexed citations

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Heaton, Robert K., et al.. (2005). Uniform styles II: Police families and policing styles. Policing & Society. 15(1). 1–18. 9 indexed citations

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Justice, Amy C., Kathleen A. McGinnis, J. Hampton Atkinson, et al.. (2004). Psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders among HIV-positive and negative veterans in care. AIDS. 18(Supplement 1). 49–59. 128 indexed citations

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